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The Audiobook of The Year (2018)
The Audiobook of The Year (2018)
Oct 10, 2024 12:17 AM

Author:No Such Thing As A Fish,James Harkin,Jane Hill,Dan Schreiber,Andrew Hunter Murray,Anna Ptaszynski

The Audiobook of The Year (2018)

Random House presents The Audiobook of the Year 2018, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish; James Harkin, Jane Hill, Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski.

Think you know what happened in 2018? Think again.

Following hot on the heels of the success of The Audiobook of the Year (or, more precisely, twelve months later), The Audiobook of the Year 2018 bravely delves behind the headlines to sniff out the best and most bizarre facts of the past 12 months.

Compiled and written by the creators of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, all of whom are researchers for QI, it will establish - among other things - that:

· Britain’s first robot shop assistant was sacked after a week

· Donald Trump claimed the US sells F52 planes to Norway, even though F52 planes only exist in the game Call of Duty

· During the Winter Olympics, it was so windy during the Women's Slopestyle Final that every single competitor was blown off her snowboard.

· A snail racing competition in Plymouth was postponed because the snails were too 'sluggish' to take part.

Ranging from the distinctly offbeat to the wonderfully ludicrous - from the South Africans who were rationed to just one toilet flush per day, to the Nutella riots spreading across France, via the Miami bitcoin conference that stopped accepting bitcoin - The Audiobook of the Year promises a fact for every occasion and will prove the perfect Christmas gift for all trivia buffs.

Reviews

If the 2016 lexicon is just too bleak, take refuge in the most comprehensive list of Uxbridge definitions to date from the wags at BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.

—— Stocking Filler of the Year , The Times

Only a 42 carat plonker would put it back on the shelf

—— Derek Trotter

Too wordy for my liking. I enjoyed the diagrams though

—— Trigger

The reader gets to know him as a good-natured, sometimes mischievous bloke - a real person and not just the comic with the electronic voice.

—— Chortle

Funny, charming and full of unique insights.

—— FRANCESCA MARTINEZ, author of What the **** is Normal?

Lee's wicked sense of humour shines through.

—— Andrew Hayden-Smith

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'Self-lacerating comedy with something to say.'

—— The Guardian

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A talent for real anger that leaves us amused.'

—— The Times

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A mix of observation and self-deprecation which confirms he's got talent.'

—— The Telegraph

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A comedian with an edge and a honed sense of his material.'

—— Front Row
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